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Kimball West Virginia Map

Explore Kimball, West Virginia, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Kimball, West Virginia

How to Use This Kimball, West Virginia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kimball, West Virginia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of West Virginia or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Kimball.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Kimball
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	McDowell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.42567
Longitude	-81.506771
Population	145
Density	221.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	24853
Area Code	304
County Seat	Welch
School District	McDowell County School District

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About Kimball, West Virginia

Kimball is a locality in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 145. The population density is 221.3 people per km². Kimball is located at 37.4257°N, 81.5068°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Kimball is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 24853.

Kimball occupies a narrow, deliberate sliver of land where the Elkhorn Creek carves a path through the steep, compressed folds of the earth. It lies 30.0 miles southwest of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 216°T), and is situated 4.3 miles east of Welch. The air here holds a heavy, damp weight, filtered through dense hardwood stands that climb the slopes until the trees seem to lean against the very sky. In the quiet hours of morning, a thin, cool mist rises from the riverbed, clinging to the rusted iron and weathered timber that define the local architecture. While the Appalachian Mountains remain distant silhouettes on the furthest horizon, the immediate topography is defined by the sharp, intimate verticality of the terrain, leaving the valley floor in shadow long before the sun finishes its descent.

Kimball retains the quiet, resonant character of an industrial past, shaped by the extraction of coal that once dictated the pulse of every hearth and home. The legacy of this labor is felt in the fading storefronts and the weathered pride of a place that once served as a vital node in a vast, subterranean network of commerce. Residents move with a slow, pragmatic grace, familiar with the rhythms of a landscape that demands resilience and offers few easy concessions. A sense of solitude persists, occasionally punctuated by the memory of busier days or the proximity of Unknown Park, where the forest reclaims the edges of human endeavor. Life here finds a steady, unassuming equilibrium, far removed from the clamor of wider worlds, anchored by the persistent, unhurried flow of the water toward the valley.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 286° W
Linkous Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 271° W
Tug Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 284° W
Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 145° SE
Space Shuttle Memorial (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 253° W
Cape Coalwood (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 257° W
Twin Falls Resort State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 013° N
R.D. Bailey Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.5 mi, 321° NW
Pinnacle Rock State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 123° SE
Pinnacle Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.8 mi, 121° SE
Bartley Mine Disaster (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 246° SW
Perdue Family Crest (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 092° E
Bluefield Love Sign (Public Artwork) — 17.6 mi, 133° SE
Wyoming County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 339° N
Climbing Tree Theather (Cinema) — 20.1 mi, 179° S
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 21.2 mi, 151° SE · 733k acres
Historic Crab Orchard Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 190° S
Stone Arch (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 102° E
Beartown Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.0 mi, 165° S · 5,613 acres
Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.6 mi, 147° SE · 8,471 acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 26.0 mi, 167° S · 110k acres
Broadway Cinemas (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 209° SW
Bluestone National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 28.7 mi, 072° E · 3,035 acres
Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 034° NE
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 034° NE
Appalachian Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 30.8 mi, 211° SW
Ship Rock (Attraction) — 31.7 mi, 039° NE
Theatre West Virginia (Theatre) — 37.0 mi, 041° NE
Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours (Attraction) — 38.6 mi, 291° W
AT&T Summit Stadium (Theatre) — 39.7 mi, 031° NE

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